STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Yesterday's Enterprise"
#40273-163
Story by
Trent Christopher Ganino
&
Eric A. Stillwell
Teleplay by
Ira Steven Behr
&
Richard Manning
&
Hans Beimler
&
Ronald D. Moore
Directed by
David Carson
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FINAL DRAFT
DECEMBER 8, 1989
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's Enterprise" - 12/08/89 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Yesterday's Enterprise"
CAST
PICARD RACHEL GARRETT
RIKER RICHARD CASTILLO
DATA
BEVERLY
TROI
GEORDI
WORF
WESLEY Non-Speaking
GUINAN SUPERNUMERARIES
TASHA
Non-Speaking
SUPERNUMERARIES
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's Enterprise" 12/08/89 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Yesterday's Enterprise"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE-D USS ENTERPRISE-D
MAIN BRIDGE
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM USS ENTERPRISE-C
OBSERVATION LOUNGE
SICKBAY 3 KLINGON SHIPS
TEN-FORWARD
CORRIDOR
TURBOLIFT
ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTER ROOM
TASHA'S QUARTERS
USS ENTERPRISE-C
MAIN BRIDGE
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's Enterprise" - 12/11/89
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Yesterday's Enterprise"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
NARENDRA nah-REN-dra
SARAJEVO sar-ah-YEH-voh
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Yesterday's Enterprise"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. TEN-FORWARD (OPTICAL)
WORF is seated at a table near one of the windows. The
ship is traveling at WARP SPEED and the stars STREAK
by. GUINAN comes over to Worf's table and delivers
a drink to him.
GUINAN
Try this.
WORF
(looks at drink with
suspicion)
What is it?
GUINAN
Just try it.
Worf takes a cautious sip, then reacts with pleasure.
He looks at her with surprise.
GUINAN
(smiles)
It's an Earth drink... prune
juice.
Worf takes another belt of this marvelous concoction
and nods with pleasure.
WORF
A warrior's drink.
Guinan sits down at the table.
GUINAN
You're always drinking alone.
It wouldn't hurt you to look for
a little...
(glances at a YOUNG
COUPLE at nearby table)
...companionship.
Worf looks at her with vague irritation. This
conversation is venturing into areas he'd rather avoid.
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1 CONTINUED:
WORF
(measured)
I would require a Klingon woman
for... companionship. Human
females are too fragile.
GUINAN
Not all of them... I know one or
two on board who might find you
a bit tame...
WORF
Impossible.
GUINAN
You never know until you try...
WORF
Then I will never know.
GUINAN
Coward...
WORF
I am merely concerned for the
safety of my crewmates.
Guinan nods -- "oh, right."
GUINAN
Drink your prune juice.
The view out the window abruptly changes as the ship
DROPS OUT OF WARP. The stars cease to streak by, and
far out in front of the ship, a RIFT can be seen in
space. The rift resembles a large jagged tear in space
within which can be seen a maelstrom of changing colors
and patterns.
2 ON GUINAN AND WORF (OPTICAL)
who both react to the view and the rift. Worf is
already starting to rise when he hears...
RIKER'S COM VOICE
Lieutenant Worf, report to the
bridge.
WORF
(heading out)
On my way, sir.
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2 CONTINUED:
Guinan steps toward the window with a look of concern
on her face. She can sense something... confusion,
dread, possibly a trace of fear cross her face. Linger
on her expression then...
CUT TO:
3 EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND RIFT (OPTICAL)
The ship hangs before the gaping rift in space.
4 INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
PICARD, RIKER, TROI in Command, WESLEY at Con, DATA at
Ops. Worf ENTERS and goes to Tactical.
PICARD
Analysis, Mister Data.
DATA
Sensors are reading gravimetric
fluctuations... most unusual
ones.
RIKER
"Unusual" how? Specify?
DATA
Nothing I have seen before.
PICARD
Is it a wormhole?
DATA
Yes... and no. Like a... time
displacement, but it does not have
a discernible event horizon.
WESLEY
Sir, navigational subsystems are
unable to give coordinates on the
object.
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4 CONTINUED:
DATA
(checks console)
Confirmed. The phenomenon does
not have a definable center or
outer edge.
RIKER
Are you saying it is... and yet
it isn't there?
DATA
I do not have sufficient
information to make an analysis
as yet, Commander. The dynamics
of the radiation patterns---
5 ON WORF
He sees something on his tactical display and
interrupts Data.
WORF
Something's happening, Captain.
A new change in sensor readings.
6 INT. TEN-FORWARD
Guinan is still looking out the window. Her puzzlement
turns to alarm.
GUINAN
(almost a whisper)
No...
7 EXT. SPACE - THE RIFT (OPTICAL)
The colors within the rift change, swirl, shift... a
SHIP suddenly appears. It is barely visible and no
identification of design or type is possible yet.
8 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD
His eyes fixed on the viewscreen... his voice
strangely echoing...
PICARD
Mister Data?
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8 CONTINUED:
PULL BACK to reveal the rest of the bridge except for
the Tactical station. (NOTE: history has just been
changed although none of our characters realize it)
The bridge has now been ALTERED to suggest a more
militaristic atmosphere. The mood is darker, more
somber... our comfortable bridge is more like the nerve
center of a battleship than of an explorer. Even our
uniforms have been slightly altered to emphasize rank
and status.
Troi is gone. Wesley now wears a regular Ensign's
uniform... what were once science stations are now
damage control centers... SECURITY SUPERNUMERARIES
with sidearms are posted near all turbolifts...
Picard's chair is larger and more impressive... patches
and scars on the bulkheads attest to the action the
ship has seen recently. The attitudes of our
characters are more military and formal. These people
have been hardened slightly and are not the relaxed,
at ease people we've come to know.
PICARD
Can you identify the ship,
Lieutenant? Is it an enemy
vessel?
MOVE TO TACTICAL and now reveal TASHA at station. The
Tactical station itself has been expanded and enhanced
with more panels and displays. Tasha replies crisply
and efficiently... as if she had never been anywhere
else.
TASHA
(shakes head)
I'm getting too much interference,
Captain.
8A EXT. SPACE - THE RIFT (OPTICAL)
The ship within the rift is more clearly visible. It
is unmistakably a starship of an earlier design than
our own. It is very battered and beaten and looks as
though it's been to hell and back.
8B INT. MAIN BRIDGE
As before.
TASHA
It's clearing, Captain.
Definitely a Federation
starship... accessing registry...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - TEASER 6.
8C ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)
The other ship, hereafter called Enterprise-C, can be
seen and the heavy damage is apparent.
RIKER (O.S.)
Looks like they had a rough ride.
8D NEW ANGLE
TASHA
(reading display with
surprise)
N, C, C, one-seven-oh-one... C.
U.S.S.... Enterprise.
On reactions...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE 7.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
9 EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)
Enterprise-C in f.g. with name and designation number
clearly visible. Enterprise-D in b.g.
PICARD (V.O.)
Military log, Combat-date
43625.2. While investigating an
unusual radiation anomaly reported
by Starbase one oh five, the
Enterprise has encountered what
could almost be called a ghost
from its own past... The
Enterprise-C, the immediate
predecessor of this battleship.
10 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
As before.
DATA
Sensors confirm design and
specifications, Captain. Analysis
of hull and engine materials
conform to engineering patterns
and methods of that time period.
WESLEY
But that cruiser was destroyed
with all hands about twenty years
ago.
DATA
Presumed destroyed. The
Enterprise-C was last seen near
the Klingon outpost on Narendra
Three exactly twenty-two years,
four months and three days ago.
RIKER
And now it's here.
PICARD
Mister Data, is it possible...
that it has... traveled through
time?
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE 8.
10 CONTINUED:
Everyone's been thinking the same thing, but hearing it
actually said out loud makes them all take another look
at the ship sitting in front of them.
DATA
It is a possibility, Captain.
If that is the correct hypothesis,
then the phenomenon we just
enountered was a temporal rift
in space.
PICARD
A rift?
DATA
Possibly the formation of a Kerr
loop from superstring material...
it would require high-energy
interactions occuring in the
vicinity for such a structure to
form. The rift is certainly not
stable, Captain. It could
collapse at any time.
TASHA
(eyes on tactical
display)
I'm able to scan the interior of
the ship now, sir... heavy damage
to warp field nacelles and hull
bearing struts... internal space
frame --
(shock at new reading)
Life-signs, Captain!
Picard and Riker react.
TASHA
Readings are sporadic... looks
like they have massive casualties,
but some are still alive.
RIKER
(to com)
Bridge to Sickbay. Emergency
teams, stand by Transporter Rooms.
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
Understood.
Picard gives Riker a look:
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10 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
Belay that order, Doctor.
RIKER
I respectfully suggest that
regardless of how they did it,
they are here now and they need
our help.
PICARD
That ship has traveled into its
own future. We are dealing with
variables that could alter the
flow of our own history.
RIKER
But their influence on history
has ended, sir. That ship
disappeared from the past
twenty-two years ago and never
returned.
Before Picard can reply, Tasha interrupts them.
TASHA
Captain, the Enterprise... C is
sending out a distress call, sir.
Audio only.
Picard nods.
GARRETT'S COM VOICE
(strained as if in pain)
This... is Captain Garrett... of
the Starship Enterprise, to any
Federation ship. We... have been
attacked by Romulan warships and
require... immediate assistance.
We have lost warp drive...
life-support is failing.
RIKER
We have no record of a Romulan
assault on the Enterprise-C...
TASHA
Voice message has ended, Captain.
All I'm receiving now is their
automated distress signal.
All eyes turn to Picard. He looks at the Main Viewer
as he makes his decision... a long tense moment.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE 10.
10 CONTINUED: (3)
PICARD
Hailing frequency, Lieutenant.
This is Captain Picard of... a
Federation starship. Standby to
receive emergency teams.
The only response is STATIC.
PICARD
(to Riker)
We'll handle this one step at a
time. Stabilize power systems
and attend to their casualties.
Avoid discussions of where and
when they are.
RIKER
Aye, sir.
(heads to turbolift)
Lieutenant.
SUPERNUMERARY goes to Tactical. Tasha and Riker EXIT.
WESLEY
(reading console)
Message coming in from Starfleet
monitor stations, Captain.
Klingon battlecruisers have been
reported moving toward this
sector.
This is not welcome news.
PICARD
(grimly)
Battle alert, Mister Crusher.
Condition Yellow.
bridge alert status goes to YELLOW and we hear a new
ALERT SOUND.
WESLEY
Aye, sir.
(works console)
All decks report Condition Yellow.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE 11.
11
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12
12A INT. TEN-FORWARD
Which is somewhat different than we last saw it... no
civilians... about twenty UNIFORMED CREWMEN and WAITERS
all carrying sidearms. Not as casual... more a
military canteen/mess hall than a lounge.
Guinan's expression is puzzled. She's walking around.
She frowns and shakes her head.
GUINAN
(to no one in
particular)
It's changed... it's all
changed...
A customer overhears, gives her an odd look... she
moves quickly to EXIT.
13 EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE-C (OPTICAL)
The battered starship drifts in space.
14 INT. ENTERPRISE-C BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
The bridge has been heavily damaged. RED ALERT is in
effect. FOUR SUPERNUMERARIES are lying dead on the
deck plates or at their consoles. Smoke lingers in
the air and burning panels add their own eerie
lighting. Slumped in the captain's chair is RACHEL
GARRETT, a tall, handsome woman that commands respect
instantly. She is injured and barely holding on to
consciousness. Riker, GEORDI, BEVERLY, and Tasha BEAM
onto the bridge. Beverly moves to a crewman lying on
the deck, Geordi goes to what's left of the engineering
console, and Riker and Tasha go to Garrett.
RIKER
Captain Garrett?
GARRETT
(through fog of pain)
Yes.
RIKER
I'm Commander Riker. We have
emergency teams boarding your
ship.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE 11A.
14 CONTINUED:
RIKER (Cont'd)
(to Beverly)
Doctor.
Beverly goes to Garrett and runs a tricorder over her.
BEVERLY
(quietly to Riker)
The rest of the bridge crew is
dead.
(reading tricorder)
Her leg is fractured and she has
serious internal injuries.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT ONE 12.
14 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY (Cont'd)
I'll have to get her back to the
Enterprise, it's more than I can
do here.
GARRETT
(fighting to make sense
of it all)
To where?
RIKER
We'll explain later, Captain.
GARRETT
(summons some steel)
You'll explain now, Commander.
RIKER
We're from a Federation starship.
We've answered your distress call.
Your ship is in good hands, but
we need to get you to our Sickbay.
GARRETT
(reluctantly)
Very well.
BEVERLY
(activates com badge)
Crusher to Transporter Room. Two
to beam directly to Sickbay.
Riker stands back as Beverly and Garrett BEAM out. He
goes over to Geordi.
GEORDI
(shaking his head at
console)
Pretty bad, Commander. Looks like
they were in a hell of a fight.
RIKER
If you can't stabilize
life-support, we'll have to
evacuate the ship.
GEORDI
I think we can do it. I'll have
to get to Engineering...
Riker gives him a curt nod and Geordi moves toward
emergency exit.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT ONE 13.
14 CONTINUED: (3)
GEORDI
(activates com badge)
La Forge to damage control team
alpha. Meet me on Engineering
level three.
Geordi EXITS. A RASPING OF METAL is heard coming from
one of the collapsed bulkheads. Tasha moves quickly to
the wall and manages to move some of the material with
Riker's help.
15 NEW ANGLE
on Tasha and RICHARD CASTILLO, who is lying under the
rubble. Castillo is ruggedly handsome, with jet black
hair and fiery eyes. He is apparently just regaining
consciousness, but otherwise does not look injured.
CASTILLO
Thanks...
Castillo gets up, he's still a bit wobbly on his feet.
He looks at Tasha and Riker and tries to put his
memories in order. Riker wants to head off this
discussion for now.
RIKER
I'm Commander Riker.
CASTILLO
Lieutenant Castillo. Helmsman.
RIKER
Your Captain has been sent back
to the Ent--... back to our ship.
(glance around bridge)
You would appear to be the senior
officer left aboard.
Castillo looks around the shattered bridge. The
destruction, though no surprise to him, is still
shocking. His gaze travels over the bodies of his
former shipmates.
CASTILLO
(quietly)
So it would appear.
As Tasha and Riker exchange a look...
CUT TO:
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT ONE 14.
16
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17
18 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE
As before.
DATA
Away team reporting in, sir.
PICARD
On screen, Mister Data.
19 ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
Riker appears on the viewscreen. He is standing on the
bridge of the Enterprise-C.
PICARD (O.S.)
Go ahead, Commander
RIKER
We've stabilized life support,
Captain. Mister La Forge is
working on restoring the main
power couplings but it'll take
time. Things are a real mess over
here.
20 NEW ANGLE
PICARD
Survivors?
RIKER
One hundred twenty-five, sir
WESLEY
(softly)
Out of seven hundred.
PICARD
Recommendation?
RIKER
I'd hate to scrap her, sir.
Starfleet could certainly use
another ship, even if it is a
little old.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT ONE 15.
20 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Agreed. But we can't stay in this
area too long.
(makes decision)
You have nine hours. If you can
get her underway in that time,
we'll escort her back to Starbase
one oh five. If not, we'll
evacuate the survivors and destroy
the ship.
RIKER
Understood, sir.
21 ON TURBOLIFT
Guinan ENTERS. She looks around the bridge. It looks
familiar, yet somehow wrong to her... just like
everything else aboard.
21A NEW ANGLE
PICARD
Keep me posted, Picard out.
Picard turns away from the viewscreen and sees Guinan
for the first time. Her appearance on the bridge is
somewhat unprecedented and Picard is very surprised.
PICARD
Guinan... ?
GUINAN
(quiet yet urgent)
We need to talk. Now. It's all
wrong, Captain. This is not the
way it's supposed to be.
PUSH IN on Picard's reaction....
22
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23
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/15/89 - ACT TWO 16.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
23A EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)
As before.
24 INT. READY ROOM
Guinan and Picard talking.
GUINAN
I don't know...
PICARD
You must have some idea how things
have changed...
GUINAN
I look at things... at people...
and they don't feel right.
PICARD
What things? What people?
Guinan looks around helplessly for an example, settles
on Picard himself:
GUINAN
The bridge...
PICARD
What's the matter with it?
GUINAN
It's not right.
PICARD
It's the same bridge, Guinan. It
hasn't changed.
Worried, confused -- she sits. Knowing but being
unable to explain... her placid nature cannot mask her
frustration... it's more frightening than anything
she's ever known.
GUINAN
I know that. And I also know...
it's wrong.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT TWO 16A.
24 CONTINUED:
Her eyes look to Picard almost apologizing, needing to
be believed... Picard takes a deep breath, sits.
PICARD
What else?
Feelings... reaching inside for feelings... almost to
herself --
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24 CONTINUED: (2)
GUINAN
Families. There should be
children here...
PICARD
Children? On the Enterprise... ?
(she nods)
We're at war, Guinan.
GUINAN
(quick)
No, we're not.
(beat, thoughtful)
I mean, we shouldn't be. This
is a ship of peace. Not of war.
PICARD
(beat)
Guinan, what you're suggesting...
GUINAN
It's not a suggestion, Captain.
And that ship from the past...
it was not supposed to come here.
It's got to go back.
On his reaction...
24A INT. ENTERPRISE-D SICKBAY (FORMERLY SCENE 17)
Garrett is lying on a table while Beverly and a MEDICAL
SUPERNUMERARY work on her. In b.g., TWO MORE
SUPERNUMERARIES tend to FOUR INJURED ENTERPRISE-C
CREWMEMBERS. Garrett is awakening, looks around the
Sickbay. She's beginning to realize that this isn't
just another starship. She looks at the instruments
that Beverly is using with curiosity... they don't seem
quite familiar to her. She looks over as Picard
ENTERS.
PICARD
(to Garrett)
I'm Captain Picard.
GARRETT
(tries to sit up)
Rachel Garrett. How's my ship?
PICARD
Life support systems have been
restored. Repairs are continuing.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT TWO 18.
24A CONTINUED:
She leans back, relaxes...
GARRETT
Where did you come from? We
weren't picking up any other
Federation ships in this sector...
Picard and Beverly exchange a glance...
PICARD
(avoiding her question)
What is the last thing you
remember?
GARRETT
We were answering the distress
signal...
PICARD
Distress signal... ?
GARRETT
You must have heard it. From the
Klingon outpost, Narendra Three.
(off his look)
But you didn't... did you?
Garrett looks around the Sickbay again.
GARRETT
I've never seen a Sickbay like
this... not even on a starbase.
And your uniforms...
(firmly)
What ship is this, Captain?
BEVERLY
Please... try to keep still...
Picard struggles with the decision for a moment.
GARRETT
I insist on an answer.
PICARD
You are aboard the Enterprise,
Captain... one-seven-oh-one-D.
He lets that sink in for a second. Garrett grasps the
implication after a moment and her expression is
shocked. Picard nods...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT TWO 19.
24A CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
You have come twenty-two years
into the future.
GARRETT
Twenty-two years.
It's a difficult realization for even a starship
captain.
GARRETT
Does my crew know yet?
PICARD
No.
GARRETT
I must tell them... I owe them
that, Picard...
PICARD
(reluctantly)
If you wish, I will see to it that
they're informed...
Garrett is puzzled by Picard's reticence.
GARRETT
Is there a reason they should not
be told?
PICARD
I am concerned that if you return
to your own time with knowledge
of the future...
GARRETT
Return? To the battle? We barely
escaped with our lives. If we
return, we'll be destroyed.
A beat. Picard nods, this is not the time to discuss
Guinan's feelings.
PICARD
Have you any idea how this
happened?
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT TWO 20.
24A CONTINUED: (3)
GARRETT
(shakes her head)
There was a fierce volley of
photon torpedoes... we were hit...
there was a bright light and
then... here.
PICARD
It is possible your exchange of
fire was the catalyst for the
formation of a temporal rift.
(beat)
History never recorded your battle
with the Romulans.
GARRETT
(weary)
We were responding to a distress
call from the Klingon outpost on
Narendra Three... the Romulans were
attacking it... we engaged them...
but there were four warbirds.
PICARD
The Narendra Three outpost was
wiped out.
Remembering what Guinan said --
PICARD
It is regrettable you did not
succeed, Captain. If a Federation
starship had rescued a Klingon
outpost... it might have averted
twenty years of war.
Off her reaction...
25
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30
30A INT. ENTERPRISE-C BRIDGE
Angle favoring Riker working at a forward Ops
console... other supernumeraries are repairing damage.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT TWO 21.
30A CONTINUED:
RIKER
I'm not getting any kind of ready
condition on the impulse engines,
La Forge...
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
Acknowledged, Commander... some
of the engine control processors
went off-line. And there's
probably damage to the accelerator
coils... stand by...
Moving to find Tasha and Castillo are next to each
other at aft stations... testing panels...
CASTILLO
I just can't quite make myself
believe it.
(trying to grasp it)
Twenty-two years...
Tasha is all business...
TASHA
I'm reading forty percent on
forward shields... what do you
have on aft...
CASTILLO
(checking data, nods)
Forty percent...
TASHA
That's not going to do...
Commander, advise Lieutenant La
Forge that shields are below
minimum...
RIKER
Acknowledged...
CASTILLO
We'll never see our families
again. Our homes...
TASHA
How do you know your family's not
still alive?
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT TWO 22.
30A CONTINUED: (2)
CASTILLO
You're right... I don't... but
imagine coming home after
twenty-two years... Would I even
recognize them?
Tasha is more tuned to her panels and monitors... not
into real personal things here...
TASHA
What are the status readouts on
main phaser banks?
CASTILLO
Emitters available -- sixty
percent forward, fifty-two percent
aft.
TASHA
(acknowledges)
Let's take a look at the torpedo
launchers...
CASTILLO
(still lost in thought)
I guess I'm lucky to be alive at
all.
TASHA
You may not like the future. It's
been a long war. The
Federation's lost more than half
of Starfleet to the Klingons.
CASTILLO
(reacts)
We were negotiating a peace treaty
with the Klingons when I left...
TASHA
A lot of changes, Lieutenant.
A lot of changes.
He nods. A beat.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT TWO 23.
30A CONTINUED: (3)
CASTILLO
When we get a break, maybe you
could fill me in on some of them.
They exchange a look... she acknowledges, maybe.
TASHA
Photon banks are depleted...
auxiliary fusion generators are
down...
30B INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ENTERPRISE-D
At an aft science station... Picard looks over Data's
shoulder as he studies a computer graphic on a
monitor...
DATA
The probability is high that the
temporal rift is symmetrical,
Captain.
PICARD
If that is the case, what would
happen if the Enterprise-C were
to fly back through it?
DATA
(reacts)
Back, sir? The Enterprise-C would
emerge in her own time period
at almost the same instant she
left.
PICARD
Right in the middle of her
battle with the Romulans.
DATA
Yes, sir.
PICARD
Based on the logs of the
Enterprise-C, is there any
possibility she could survive that
battle?
DATA
None, sir.
Picard sighs, a beat.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT TWO 24.
30B CONTINUED:
PICARD
Then sending them back would be
condemning them to death.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT THREE 25.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
31 EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)
As before...
32 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY 25A)
A Transporter CREWMAN is present as Tasha and Castillo
MATERIALIZE. Castillo takes his first look at the
Enterprise-D.
CASTILLO
Unbelievable.
TASHA
Lieutenant... ?
Castillo realizes Tasha's waiting for him. They EXIT.
33 INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS (FORMERLY 25B)
as Tasha leads Castillo. Castillo's fascinated by
everything around him. They pass several people in the
corridor, some acknowledge Tasha.
TASHA
(re: the new Enterprise)
She was the first Galaxy Class
warship built by the Federation...
forty-two decks... capable of
transporting over six thousand
troops...
CASTILLO
How long have you been on board?
TASHA
Four years. Straight out of the
Academy. I was lucky to get the
Enterprise.
CASTILLO
Yeah, me too. I mean... my
Enterprise.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT THREE 25A.
34 INT. SICKBAY (FORMERLY 26)
Captain Garrett convalesces on a biobed. She is awake,
but remains weak. Beverly checks her patient's vital
signs. Beverly moves off as Castillo and Tasha ENTER.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT THREE 26.
34 CONTINUED:
Castillo nods to Garrett. It's their first meeting
since Garrett left the Enterprise-C.
GARRETT
Lieutenant, how's the ship?
CASTILLO
We've restored minimal shields
and the forward phaser banks.
Still no photon launchers or warp
drive.
GARRETT
Concentrate on the weapon systems.
From what Captain Picard has told
me, the Federation can use all
the help it can get.
TASHA
And soon. Our sensors have picked
up Klingon warships in this
sector, Captain.
Garrett reacts...
GARRETT
Why wasn't I informed, Mister
Castillo... ?
She begins to rise...
CASTILLO
Captain, you shouldn't --
GARRETT
(cutting him off)
As senior officer, I want you to
be my liaison to the Enterprise-
D... coordinate with
Tactical...
TASHA
That's me, Captain.
Beverly rushes up, forces the Captain back on the bed.
BEVERLY
Where do you think you're going?
GARRETT
I'm ready to resume my duties.
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34 CONTINUED: (2)
BEVERLY
Captain, you need at least another
twenty-four hours...
GARRETT
Nonsense. Doctors always
over-protect their patients.
BEVERLY
(equally stubborn)
And captains always push
themselves too hard.
Garrett stubbornly gets back on her feet.
GARRETT
Doctor, my ship and crew need me
-- now. Twenty-four hours might
as well be twenty-four years.
And she EXITS to Crusher's chagrin.
35 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE
Which has been converted into a war room atmosphere.
The door slides open and Guinan ENTERS, pauses at the
door, looking at --
36 NEW ANGLE - PICARD
alone at the far end of the table filled with wartime
displays and charts... they look at each other a beat.
Picard is quite tense, a man who needs answers to make
a difficult judgment.
PICARD
I need more.
Guinan looks at him. She can't help him.
GUINAN
There is no more. I wish there
was, Captain. I wish I could
prove it. I can't.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 27A.
36 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Then I can't send them back.
GUINAN
You must.
PICARD
Dammit, Guinan, they will die
moments after they return... how
can I ask them to sacrifice their
lives based solely on your...
intuition?
GUINAN
I don't know.
And it is torture for her... not to be able to give him
more... with uncharacteristic emotion --
GUINAN
This is a mistake. Every cell in
my body knows this is a mistake.
I cannot explain it to myself so
I cannot explain it to you. I...
just know.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 28.
36 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
Who is to say this history is any
less proper than the other?
GUINAN
I guess I am.
PICARD
Not good enough.
(softly agonizing)
Not good enough. I will not ask
them to die.
GUINAN
(beat, softly)
Forty billion have died in the
war...
PICARD
I cannot justify readjusting
history on the basis of saving
lives in war... shall I return
to Sarajevo and stop the
assassination of Archduke
Ferdinand... or go back to warn
Station-Salem Four of the Bel-zon
raid...
GUINAN
This war was never meant to be.
They must return to their own
time to correct that.
PICARD
And what is the guarantee that
by going back they will
succeed... ?
She gives him a look -- there is none.
PICARD
In fact, they could conceivably
create a third time line.
GUINAN
Yes.
PICARD
Every instinct tells me it's wrong
and dangerous and futile.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 29.
36 CONTINUED: (3)
She moves closer to him... and if there is a sense of
quiet power from Guinan that seems almost evangelical,
it is intended.
GUINAN
Picard, we have been together for
twenty-two years. I have been
your advisor, your confidant, your
friend and in all those twenty-two
years, I have never led you
astray. This time line cannot
be allowed to continue. I've told
you what you must do. You have
only your faith in me to help you
decide.
On his reaction...
37 INT. TEN-FORWARD - WITH TASHA AND CASTILLO
at the bar...
TASHA
Deflector shield technology has
advanced considerably during the
war... our heat-dissipation rates
are probably double those of the
Enterprise-C, so we can hang in
a firefight longer...
Move to find Guinan returning... moving behind the
bar... she glances over and reacts as she sees --
38 OMITTED
39 EMPHASIZE GUINAN'S POV - TASHA
talking away to Castillo, hasn't seen Guinan yet...
40 GUINAN - CLOSEUP
As she feels there's something really wrong with
Tasha... we can see it in Guinan's eyes... and then...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 29A.
41 RESUME PREVIOUS ANGLE
as Tasha turns and makes eye contact with Guinan...
and she begins to smile, then reacts as...
42 GUINAN
Guinan's eyes avoid hers... and it's only a moment but
still...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT THREE 30.
43 TASHA - CU
wonders what's wrong...
TASHA
Guinan... ?
44 WIDER
as Guinan moves to them... trying to be casual.
GUINAN
Have you ordered yet, Tasha?
TASHA
Not yet... Is something wrong,
Guinan?
GUINAN
Not a thing. What can I get you?
Slightest beat. Tasha knows something's wrong.
TASHA
Just a couple of T-K-L meal
rations... we're in a hurry.
(barely hesitates)
Oh, this is, Lieutenant
Castillo...
Guinan nods. Moves away quickly.
TASHA
(curious)
First time for everything.
CASTILLO
First time?
TASHA
(confused chuckle)
It's just that I've never seen
anything bother her before...
CASTILLO
(grins)
What's a T-K-L?
TASHA
Standard rations. Food
replicators are on minimum
power...
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT THREE 31.
44 CONTINUED:
TASHA (Cont'd)
Everything else is diverted to
defensive systems.
(beat)
So where was I...
CASTILLO
You've told me more about tactical
in an hour than I learned my last
year in the Academy...
TASHA
You're gonna need it,
Lieutenant...
CASTILLO
Hey, I've known you a whole day
now, Lieutenant. I won't salute
if you won't. What did she call
you... Tasha?
TASHA
Yeah.
CASTILLO
Most everybody just calls me
Castillo. My mother calls me
Richard.
TASHA
(smiles)
Okay, Castillo.
CASTILLO
(beat, a little shy)
Naw, I think maybe I'd like it
better if you called me Richard...
And there's a charming boyish look in his eye that
makes her fell warm... it's a feeling Tasha Yar has
never had an easy time with and it's not easy for her
to acknowledge here... but it's kinda nice
nevertheless... there may be something between them
and they both know it. She nods... tries it on...
TASHA
Richard.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
This is the captain. Senior
officers will report to my Ready
Room immediately.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/15/89 - ACT THREE 32.
44 CONTINUED: (2)
TASHA
So much for lunch.
45 ANGLE - GUINAN
cleans behind the bar, going out of her way not to look
at Tasha until she passes...
46 INT. READY ROOM
Picard, Riker, Geordi, Data, Beverly, Tasha. Picard
has been briefing the others for the first time on
Guinan's feelings... in measured words.
BEVERLY
Captain, are you suggesting they
should return and attempt to
complete their mission?
PICARD
I am, Doctor.
BEVERLY
Based on Guinan's intuition... ?
Looks of incredulous reactions around the table.
Crusher and Riker, as senior officers, are the loudest
voices of disagreement...
RIKER
But it won't accomplish anything.
There's no way they can save
Narendra Three...
TASHA
Captain Garrett says there were
four Romulan warbirds. The
Enterprise-C would be outmanned
and outgunned...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/14/89 - ACT THREE 33.
46 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Unless we were to re-arm them with
modern...
PICARD
We can't do that. If we send this
ship back with new technology...
we would be altering the past...
RIKER
But that's what you're talking
about doing anyway, isn't it?
Altering the past.
PICARD
We're talking about restoring the
past.
GEORDI
How could Guinan know that history
has been altered... if she's been
altered along with the rest of
us?
DATA
Perhaps her species has a
perception that goes beyond linear
time.
PICARD
(acknowledges)
There are many things about her
species that cannot be easily
explained. Even she cannot
explain how or why she senses that
history has been altered. And yet
it is very possible she is correct.
A ship from the past has traveled
through time. Who among us could
know what effect that event has
had on the present. Indeed, we
will never know for certain if
Guinan is correct. But I, for one,
have decided the consequences of
that possibility are too grave to
ignore.
RIKER
Sir, if you wish my opinion...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 33A.
46 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
I think I know your opinion,
Commander. This is a briefing.
I'm not seeking your consent.
Riker refusing to back off, challenging Picard --
RIKER
With all due respect, Captain,
we'd be asking one hundred and
twenty-five people to die a
meaningless death.
DATA
Not necessarily meaningless,
Commander. Klingons place honor
above all else.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 34.
46 CONTINUED: (3)
DATA (Cont'd)
If the crew of the Enterprise-C
had died fighting for the survival
of a Klingon outpost, that would
have been considered a meaningful
act of honor by the Klingon
Empire.
PICARD
Even their deaths... might have
prevented the war.
The officers consider that a beat.
PICARD
If the Enterprise-C returns to
the battle and its mission is a
success, history will be
irrevocably changed. This time
line will cease to exist... and
a new future will have been
created.
(beat)
I've weighed the alternatives.
I will follow Guinan's
recommendations.
(beat)
Dismissed.
47 OMITTED
47A INT. BRIDGE
As they EXIT the Ready Room... favoring Tasha as she
hears --
BEVERLY
If she's right... we may not even
be in the alternate time line...
GEORDI
Yeah, who knows if we're dead or
alive...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT THREE 35.
48 ANGLE ON TASHA
as she processes this... and the quick memory of the
way Guinan was acting toward her, passes across her
face... She pushes it away. The group splits up and we
find...
49 INT. TURBOLIFT
Data and Tasha ENTER. She is troubled by this turn of
the events. Data notices.
DATA
Engineering.
Tasha doesn't order a destination.
DATA
Is Engineering your destination
as well?
She glances up... realizing...
TASHA
Oh... Deck six... sorry...
DATA
If I interpret your facial
expression correctly, you were
preoccupied with something
unpleasant.
TASHA
I was just thinking... a lot of
things...
(short sigh)
I've been working with one of the
officers from the Enterprise-C...
he's nice, you know? I like him.
I'm worried about what's going
to happen to him.
DATA
We may never know what happens,
Tasha. If they succeed, we will
not even realize any of these
events occurred.
The turbolift stops and the door opens...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 36.
49A INT. TURBOLIFT
At corridor. Tasha pauses in the doorway.
TASHA
Data, how different do you think
your life would be in the other
time line?
DATA
(considers a beat)
The possibilities are too numerous
even for me to calculate, Tasha.
TASHA
(thinking to herself)
Kind of scary, isn't it?
DATA
Scary? I would not know.
She EXITS, the door closes and on Data's reaction...
50 EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)
51 EXT. ENTERPRISE-C BRIDGE
Tasha and Castillo work at the aft stations, doing
additional checks...
CASTILLO
Shields are up to seventy-two
percent... That's better...
Moving to find Garrett and Picard, alone. He has just
informed Captain Garrett of his feelings. She is
thoughtful, not hostile, looking for solutions as is
everyone else...
GARRETT
You believe this woman...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/14/89 - ACT THREE 37.
51 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(nods)
I discovered long ago that she
has a special wisdom... I've
learned to trust it.
(beat)
If you wish, I can arrange for
you to speak with her...
GARRETT
Captain, I'd be lying to you if
I told you there was a chance in
hell of coming out of this alive.
And my crew means a lot to me.
Picard solemnly acknowledges, he knows.
GARRETT
Why doesn't your ship come back
with us? The Romulans would be
no match for your weaponry...
PICARD
I can't do that.
GARRETT
(beat, agrees on closer
examination)
No, I suppose not. You don't
belong in our time... any more
than we belong in yours.
(beat)
To be honest, Picard, there are
some members of my crew who have
expressed a desire to return...
even knowing the odds. Some
because they can't bear to live
without their loved ones... some
who don't like the idea that we
slipped out in the middle of a
fight. But I've told them... that
in the here and now, the
Federation needs another ship
against the Klingons... and we
better get used to being in the
here and now...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 37A.
51 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
By going back, you may be a great
deal more helpful. The war is
going badly for the Federation.
Much worse than is generally known.
Forcing himself to say it.
PICARD
Starfleet Command believes defeat
is inevitable... that within six
months we will have no choice but
to surrender...
This hits home to Garrett. For a moment, she's too
stunned to speak.
GARRETT
(softly)
And you're saying all this may
be a result of our arrival here.
PICARD
One more ship will make no
difference in the here and now,
Captain. But twenty-two years
ago, one ship could have stopped
this war before it ever started.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/13/89 - ACT THREE 38.
51 CONTINUED: (3)
A long beat. She glances at Castillo, nods.
GARRETT
Mister Castillo, inform the crew
that we're going back.
CASTILLO
Yes, Captain.
He exchanges a glance with Tasha, moves to an aft
station.
GARRETT
The Romulans'll get a good fight.
We'll make it one for the history
books.
PICARD
I know you will, Captain.
Picard nods with admiration for his counterpart. And
as he takes his leave...
PICARD
Lieutenant Yar...
TASHA
Permission to remain for a moment,
sir...
Picard sees that she wants to say good-bye to
Castillo...
PICARD
Granted.
They EXIT to go the Transporter Room... Tasha goes to
the aft station... Now that she's there, she doesn't
know exactly what to say to him. Other
supernumeraries are near-by -- what they might have
said is forced into the most formal language.
TASHA
I just wanted to say good luck...
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT THREE 39.
51 CONTINUED: (3)
CASTILLO
I'll try to put some of your
tactical briefing to good use when
we get back...
TASHA
Your ship has a lot more
maneuverability than the Romulan
counterparts of that era... in
fact, if you could isolate...
She stops in mid-sentence, knowing she doesn't want
to be talking techno right now...
TASHA
You'll do fine.
CASTILLO
If you get back to Earth... and
you see a man, oh, in his late
fifties taking a hard look at you
across a crowded room...
(she smiles)
Hey, you never know.
And she nods, forcing back her emotions... she puts out
her hand...
TASHA
Good-bye, Lieutenant.
As Castillo reaches for it... suddenly an EXPLOSION
rocks the ship, throwing them off balance.
52 NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)
A Klingon bird of prey has appeared on the Main
Viewer.
Castillo rushes over to the helm... Tasha to tactical.
Over this:
GARRETT
Red Alert. Full power to shields.
Red Alert sounds.
TASHA
Shields are up. Functioning.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT THREE 40.
52 CONTINUED:
CASTILLO
Initiating evasive maneuvers...
Gamma sequence.
GARRETT
Ready phasers...
(to comm)
Enterprise-D, has your captain
returned safely...
53 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE
Red Alert. Riker at command...
RIKER
(to comm)
Acknowledged, Enterprise-C.
Captain Picard is safely aboard...
(to Data)
Fire phasers.
DATA
(overlapping)
Firing phasers...
Behind him, Picard moves onto the bridge from the
turbolift with a purpose...
PICARD
Situation report...
RIKER
One Klingon bird of prey... off
the starboard bow...
54 INT. ENTERPRISE-C BRIDGE
TASHA
Firing phasers...
GARRETT
Load torpedo bays...
Suddenly they're hit by a massive EXPLOSION. Garrett
is caught by flying debris. She goes down.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT THREE 41.
55 EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)
As the Enterprise-D fires a barrage, a shimmering
EFFECT surrounds the bird of prey and it disappears.
56 INT. ENTERPRISE-D BRIDGE
DATA
The Klingon vessel has re-cloaked,
sir. I have no readings.
PICARD
Captain Garrett -- damage report.
(no answer)
Captain Garrett...
TASHA (com)
This is Lieutenant Yar, sir.
57 INT. ENTERPRISE-C BRIDGE
Castillo is kneeling beside the body of Captain
Garrett. Tasha stands helplessly beside him.
TASHA
Captain Garrett is dead.
58 INT. ENTERPRISE-D BRIDGE
On their stunned reactions.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
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ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
59
thru OMITTED
61
61A EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)
As before.
61B INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE
Picard, Riker, Castillo, Tasha.
CASTILLO
I'm prepared to lead the
Enterprise back myself, Captain
Picard.
RIKER
(to Picard)
Sir, Lieutenant Castillo is the
last senior officer alive... he
will have limited support from
Ops, no Tactical, reduced staff
in Engineering...
CASTILLO
I have good people willing to do
their best...
RIKER
(to Castillo)
But certainly, history never meant
this ship to be led into battle
without your captain.
CASTILLO
I can't speak to that point,
sir... but I can get us back to
where we're supposed to be. I
believe that's what Captain
Garrett would want me to do.
DATA'S COM VOICE
Commander Data to Captain Picard.
PICARD
Go ahead.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT FOUR 43.
61B CONTINUED:
DATA'S COM VOICE
Sir, sensors are showing
additional instability in the
time rift. Possibly the result
of the battle with the Klingons.
PICARD
Any signs of other Klingon
vessels?
DATA'S COM VOICE
No, sir.
TASHA
I'm sure our coordinates have
been transmitted to the Klingon
command... we must not remain
here.
Picard studies the helmsman...
CASTILLO
Sir, it is my intention to return,
unless you order me not to.
Picard's eyes glow with admiration for the young
lieutenant... Tasha watches with renewed concern, but
she too respects him enormously.
PICARD
How soon will your ship be ready?
CASTILLO
We sustained moderate damage in
the attack... I think we can get
underway in a few hours...
PICARD
(to Riker)
We will maintain position to
provide cover.
(to Castillo)
Make it so.
Castillo salutes the captain, Picard gives him a good
tough salute in return... and he EXITS, followed by
Tasha.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - 12/8/89 - ACT FOUR 44.
61C INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)
Tasha and Castillo ENTER. A supernumerary mans the
console.
CASTILLO
One to beam to the Enterprise-C.
The engineer acknowledges... he turns to Tasha.
CASTILLO
We keep saying good-bye... don't
we?
TASHA
I wish there was more time.
CASTILLO
More time... I think we have all
the time we can handle as it is.
They look at each other and damn the engineer, they
move together into a warm and tender kiss. When they
break...
CASTILLO
(good-bye... )
Lieutenant.
And she watches as he moves to the transporter pad...
and they look at each other with a love that might
have been... and he DEMATERIALIZES... and as we push
into her face, her thoughts racing...
SMASH CUT TO:
61D INT. TEN-FORWARD - GUINAN CLOSE UP
She's behind the bar... and as she turns and looks up,
reacts as she sees --
61E NEW ANGLE - TASHA
alone... looking at her...
GUINAN
What would you like?
TASHA
Guinan, I have to know something.
Guinan looks at her evenly.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FOUR 45.
61E CONTINUED:
TASHA
What happens to me in the other
time line?
A long beat.
GUINAN
I don't have alternate biographies
of the crew, Tasha. I told the
captain... it's just a feeling...
TASHA
But there's something more when
you look at me, isn't there...
A long beat.
TASHA
I've seen it in your eyes, Guinan.
We've known each other too long...
GUINAN
(beat)
We weren't meant to know each
other at all.
(off Tasha's look)
Or that's what I sense when I look
at you.
Tasha looks at her with a curious smile...
GUINAN
You're not supposed to be here,
Tasha.
TASHA
Where am I supposed to be?
GUINAN
Dead.
Tasha is shaken as any of us would be... she tries to
cover it. A beat.
TASHA
Do you know how?
GUINAN
No.
(beat)
But I know that it was an empty
death. A death without purpose.
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61E CONTINUED: (2)
As Tasha considers this revelation, her mind begins to
work.
62 INT. READY ROOM
Picard at his desk, working... a chime.
PICARD
Come.
The door slides open and Tasha ENTERS.
PICARD
Yes, Lieutenant.
TASHA
Captain, I request a transfer to
the Enterprise-C.
Picard is taken by surprise.
PICARD
For what reason?
TASHA
They need someone at Tactical.
PICARD
You're needed here.
TASHA
Sir, I don't belong here.
PICARD
(reacts)
Sit down.
(she does)
What did she tell you?
TASHA
I'm not supposed to be here. I'm
not supposed to be alive.
Picard is shaken by the revelation...
PICARD
(rather aghast)
She felt it was necessary to
disclose this to you?
TASHA
I felt it was necessary.
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62 CONTINUED:
PICARD
I see.
(beat)
You realize that it is very
possible that the Enterprise-C
could fail. We may be forced to
remain in this time line... in
which case your life would go on,
hopefully for a long while.
TASHA
I know how important it is that
they don't fail, Captain. That's
why I'm requesting this transfer.
PICARD
Lieutenant, you don't belong on
that ship...
TASHA
No. Captain Garrett belongs on
that ship. But now that
she's dead, there's a certain
logic in this request.
PICARD
There's no logic in it at all.
(beat)
Tasha, whether they succeed or
not, the Enterprise-C will be
destroyed...
TASHA
At least, with a tactical officer
on board, they will have a chance
to defend themselves well,
Captain... it may be a matter of
seconds or minutes... but those
could be the minutes that change
history...
(beat)
Guinan says I died a senseless
death in the other time line.
I didn't like the sound of that,
sir. I've always known the risks
that come with a Starfleet
uniform. If I am to die in one,
I'd like my death to count for
something.
PICARD
Lieutenant...
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62 CONTINUED: (2)
A long look, many feelings...
PICARD
Permission granted.
She rises. Salutes him.
TASHA
Thank you, sir.
And EXITS. A long beat on Picard and...
63 INT. ENTERPRISE-C MAIN BRIDGE
The CREW is busy at work, closing up patched-together
consoles. Castillo is in command.
CASTILLO
(to com)
I'm showing phaser banks up to
seventy percent efficiency...
we've got an hour left... see if
you can get them up to ninety...
COM VOICE
Aye, sir...
64 NEW ANGLE
as Castillo steps up to two of his young CREWMEN.
CASTILLO
Parker, you've got Ops.
Fredericks, you take the Conn...
TASHA (O.S.)
I'll handle Tactical.
65 ON TASHA
stepping up to Castillo.
TASHA
Lieutenant Tasha Yar reporting
for duty, sir.
Castillo reacts with surprise.
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65 CONTINUED:
CASTILLO
You're not part of my crew.
TASHA
I am now. Captain Picard approved
my request for transfer.
66 NEW ANGLE
as Castillo leads Tasha to one side -- not wanting to
continue this discussion in front of the crew.
CASTILLO
This isn't a joke, Tasha. We're
going back in the rift -- into
battle -- and we're not coming
back.
TASHA
I know the mission. These are
my orders, Lieutenant.
CASTILLO
But I don't want you here.
TASHA
You need me. Show me someone on
your crew that can do the job
better than I can.
Castillo knows he can't; there is no one as qualified.
He looks at her with appreciation.
CASTILLO
(quietly)
Welcome aboard.
(then, louder, for the
crew)
Take your station, Lieutenant.
Tasha, all business, moves to her station.
TASHA
Aye, sir.
As she runs a check on Tactical, we:
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
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ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
67 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
Picard in command, studying the image of the
Enterprise-C on the viewer. Riker at one of the aft
consoles, Data at Ops, Wes at Conn. Tactical is vacant.
Tasha ENTERS from turbolift.
TASHA
We've finished the transfer of
equipment, Captain. The new
converters should be able to
compensate for the damaged units
on the Enterprise-C.
Picard stands, nods. Riker moves a couple of steps
closer, while Wes and Data turn to look at Tasha. An
awkward moment... too much to say... this is neither
the time nor the place. Picard clears his throat, but
before he can say anything there is a SOUND from the
Ops panel. Data turns to his console.
WESLEY
Long-range scans have picked up
Klingon battlecruisers, Captain.
They are on an intercept course.
This is it and everyone knows it. No time at all for
whatever they might have tried to say to Tasha.
RIKER
E.t.a.?
WESLEY
Fourteen minutes, thirty-one
seconds.
PICARD
Red Alert. All hands to battle
stations.
Bridge status goes to RED and we hear a new ALERT
KLAXON. Picard turns to Tasha but she anticipates him.
TASHA
I'm on my way, sir.
(beat)
Good-bye, Captain.
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67 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Good-bye, Lieutenant.
Tasha looks around the bridge. Wesley manages a halfhearted
smile which Tasha returns. Tasha heads to the
turbolift and pauses for a second near the Tactical
station. A SUPERNUMERARY ENTERS from turbolift and
takes up the station. Tasha touches the panel for a
second -- a quick farewell to her station and her ship
-- then EXITS.
68 EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE-C (OPTICAL)
The ship motionless in space.
69 INT. ENTERPRISE-C MAIN BRIDGE
Tasha ENTERS from turbolift. Alert status is RED.
Castillo in Command, supernumeraries at their posts.
TASHA
Damage control teams have all
returned to the Enterprise-D...
Captain.
Castillo reacts slightly to his new title, then down
to business. Tasha moves to Tactical station. She
checks a few readings.
CASTILLO
Raise shields.
TASHA
Shields up. Charging weapon
systems.
STAR TREK: "Yesterday's... " - REV. 12/11/89 - ACT FIVE 52.
ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL) (FORMERLY SCENE 67)
The main viewer shows the Enterprise-D.
CASTILLO
(quietly)
Good luck, Enterprise.
71 ON TASHA (FORMERLY SCENE 68)
as she also looks at the viewer. Her ship, her friends
are about to make their final stand... without her.
Linger on her look of concern then...
CUT TO:
72 EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)
Enterprise-C in b.g. The Enterprise-D begins to wheel
around to face the imminent Klingon attack. The rift
can now be seen in the b.g.
73 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE
The mood is tense. These are seasoned professionals
getting ready for another round of combat in a long
and hard war.
RIKER
Number and type of ships, Mister
Crusher?
WESLEY
Three K'vort class battlecruisers.
RIKER
(to Picard)
Not bothering to cloak themselves.
PICARD
They shouldn't be so confident...
after the pasting we gave them
at Archer Four.
Picard studies the display and calculates the odds
against them.
RIKER
(quietly)
We won't last long against that
many.
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73 CONTINUED:
Picard already knows that. He looks at Riker and a
silent beat of understanding passes between them.
Picard stands and addresses his bridge crew.
PICARD
We could, of course, outrun the
Klingons, but we must protect the
Enterprise-C until she can enter
the temporal rift.
(beat)
We may not survive... but we must
succeed... Let's make sure they
don't forget the name Enterprise.
The mood of the bridge crew is determined... if this
were a few centuries earlier, a cheer would go up.
74 EXT. SPACE - THE KLINGONS (OPTICAL)
THREE KLINGON BATTLECRUISERS in attack formation head
for the Enterprise. The lead ship FIRES phasers.
75 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE
The ship ROCKS with the impact.
DATA
Shields holding.
PICARD
(coolly)
Hold your fire. Mister Crusher,
come about to one-four-eight mark
zero-zero-three, on my command.
WES
Aye sir.
RIKER
Ready photon torpedoes. Dispersal
pattern: Sierra.
PICARD
Ready... and... now!
CUT TO:
76 EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE-D (OPTICAL)
The Enterprise-D FIRES TORPEDOES.
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77 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE
As before.
DATA
One enemy target hit, sir.
Moderate damage to their
forward shields.
The ship is ROCKED as another Klingon shot hits the
ship.
DATA
Our shields still holding.
Minor damage to secondary hull.
RIKER
Course one-seven-zero, mark
zero-one-four.
WESLEY
One ship has broken off and is
heading toward the Enterprise-C.
Moment of decision. Picard knows what he must do.
PICARD
Mister Crusher. Belay previous
course change... keep us within
two hundred kilometers of the
Enterprise-C.
WES
Aye, sir. Coming to two-one-seven
mark one-one-five... increasing
to two-thirds impulse.
78 EXT. SPACE - THE TWO ENTERPRISES (OPTICAL)
The Enterprise-D moves closer to the Enterprise-C in
order to protect it from the Klingons.
79 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE
The ship is ROCKED by several hits. Riker works the
Tactical console.
RIKER
Damage control teams to deck
fourteen.
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79 CONTINUED:
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
Engineering to bridge. Starboard
power coupling is down.
Containment field generator three
is damaged -- attempting to
bypass.
RIKER
If we lose anti-matter
containment...
Picard nods grimly.
PICARD
Acknowledged, Engineer.
WESLEY
The Klingons are flanking us...
trying to draw us away from the
Enterprise-C.
PICARD
Hold your course.
(to Tactical)
Continual fire, all phasers.
80 ON WESLEY
as he works his console. Another HIT. Wesley struggles
to maintain helm control.
81 EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE-D (OPTICAL)
The ship sends out a firestorm of PHASER fire.
82 ON KLINGON SHIP (OPTICAL)
The phasers punch through the Klingon shields and the
ship EXPLODES.
83 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE
DATA
One enemy target destroyed.
The bridge is ROCKED again and again as the Klingons
pound the Enterprise.
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83 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Damage report!
RIKER
Heavy casualties in the secondary
hull. Navigational sensor array
inoperative.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
Anti-matter containment fields
failing... if I can't stabilize
them, we'll have to eject the
reactor core or she'll blow...
DATA
(sees new reading on
console)
Shields buckling, Captain. They
will not --
Another HIT ROCKS the bridge.
INTERCUT:
84 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN ENGINEERING
The room is filled with smoke and crackling consoles.
SUPERNUMERARIES, some wounded or dead are in b.g.
Geordi is trying to make his report through the
confusion and damage.
GEORDI
Engineer to bridge. Can't hold
the antimatter containment
fields... Initiating emergency
shutdown...
TWO EXPLOSIONS go off in the Engine Core. An ALARM
sounds just as a CLOUD OF GAS starts to pour out of
the Engine Core. Geordi reacts with horror. (NOTE:
computer registers a "force field failure" and the
emergency isolation door descends to close off the
engine core.)
GEORDI
Coolant leak! bridge, we have
a coolant leak in the engine core!
I can't shut it down -- estimate
two minutes to warp core
breach...
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85 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE
Geordi is cut off in mid-sentence as the bridge is
ROCKED again.
PICARD
How long until the Enterprise-C
enters the rift?
DATA
Fifty-two seconds.
86 EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE-C AND RIFT (OPTICAL)
The ship is just about to enter the rift.
87 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE
PICARD
All remaining power to defense
systems.
DATA
Power couplings severed in
forward phaser banks. Attempting
to by-pass.
(works console)
Controls not responding.
A SHAKE as the ship is hit again. An EXPLOSION at
Tactical. Riker goes down. Picard's face is grim.
This is the end and he knows it. A Klingon voice is
heard on the com (possibly Worf).
KLINGON COM VOICE
Federation ship Enterprise...
surrender and prepare to be
boarded!
Picard looks defiantly at the ships on the viewer.
He goes to the Tactical station and works the controls
himself. He looks at the Klingons with steel in his
eyes.
PICARD
(softly)
Like hell.
Picard fires the phasers.
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88 CLOSE ON PICARD
holding on to the Tactical console as the ship is hit
by phaser fire...
89 ON KLINGONS (OPTICAL)
They press in closer for the kill and continue to FIRE
at the Enterprise-D.
90 ON ENTERPRISE-C AND RIFT (OPTICAL)
The ship enters the rift and disappears.
CUT TO:
91 INT. ENTERPRISE-D MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE ON PICARD
Match shot on Picard as we last saw him. It is not
immediately apparent whether or not anything has
changed or if the battle is still raging.
PICARD
Report, Lieutenant.
92 NEW ANGLE
which reveals the bridge of the Enterprise as seen in
the Teaser. Everyone is back at their normal stations.
The uniforms, the bridge itself and the people have
returned to normal. Worf is back at Tactical; Troi
is in her chair.
WORF
Readings fluctuated momentarily,
Captain. It appeared to be a
ship, but then it vanished.
Picard takes this information in stride.
DATA
The rift is closing in on itself,
Captain.
PICARD
Very well. Prepare a class-one
sensor probe. We'll leave it
behind to monitor the final
closure. Mister Crusher, lay in
a course for Archer Four.
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92 CONTINUED:
Business as usual. As if nothing ever happened...
and to them it hasn't.
GUINAN'S COM VOICE
Guinan to Captain Picard... is
everything all right up there?
Picard is a little puzzled by this unusual
communication from Guinan.
PICARD
Guinan?... Yes... everything's
fine. Is something wrong?
93 INT. TEN-FORWARD
Guinan is behind the bar, holding a drink she's just
made.
GUINAN
No, sir. Sorry to bother you.
She looks around. Everything is right. A sad smile
crosses her features. She nods her head with
satisfaction. FOLLOW her as she moves down the bar
and hands the drink to Geordi.
GEORDI
Thanks, Guinan.
Guinan nods, leans on the bar:
GUINAN
Geordi... tell me about Tasha
Yar.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END